Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Graceling by Kristin Cashore

19 reviews

carleesi's review against another edition

4.5

I loved the world and the magic of the Graces. The characters were wonderful and the creation of a villain without the need for specific graphic descriptions of his violence was refreshing to read.

I wish there’d been more female characters - in the beginning Katsa was giving me “not like other girls” vibes. 

The ending is great and makes some amends for the lack of female characters in the story. I loved the challenging of heteronormative expectations as well - having a female protagonist who doesn’t want kids or care about marriage will always grab my heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Ableism and Animal cruelty

Minor: Sexual violence

mmm2000's review

adventurous inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse

claudiamacpherson's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Ableism, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Grief, Misogyny, Vomit, Outing, Sexual harassment, Sexism, and Torture

elle_dee's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Murder, Torture, and Violence

therobinjoyce's review

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was absolutely fantastic. I loved the characters, the world, the Graces, the intrigue, the adventure, the heartache, the romance. 

I adored the storytelling and pacing and the way the author described everything. The writing style is just perfect. The plot was very sound for a YA novel and I adored the relationships Katsa had with all of the supporting cast (Po, Raffin, Oll, Giddon, Bitterblue). It was wonderful to read a fantasy YA novel where the Main storyline is not romantic but the romantic element is powerful and swoon-worthy.

I really enjoyed Katsa’s character and the personal growth she goes through though I will not lie, I am mainly here for the Po supremacy. 

This book has so many feels and I’m still reeling from it. I cannot wait to get started on the next book in the trilogy, Fire, and see this fantastic world grow even more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Gaslighting, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Animal death, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Child abuse

erimore's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I read this book a long time ago and decided to pick it up again in honor of the new book. It was as fun as a I remember, but also longer than I remembered. There are about 3 different plots in the whole book and the end is slightly anti-climatic. It is a journey book, most of the setting takes place around long spouts of travel. More than anything this is character driven. I found the moral struggles that Katsa went through good and thought provoking. A fun book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Child abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, and Terminal illness

anacereading's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Torture, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is probably the first time I've re-read this book since reading it when it first came out and it still stands up! I love Katas and Po and the way they change throughout the book. I don't know why this isn't on my re-read list more often! This is such a great world to jump into, and I'm glad I'm re-reading it before reading Winterkeep. I needed to be re-acquainted with these characters before jumping into a new novel for sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Sexual content

lapis's review

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This book reads really differently in 2020 than it did when I read it in 2013. I hate that this book is so relevant now.

Also a bit of disability politics in here that I didn't notice in 2013:

If you disable a character but make their magic skill so the disability doesn't matter, it's effectively meaningless

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Pedophilia

Gaslighting

That's the premise of this book. There's implied other abuses, and implied pedophilia.